There has been a lot of buzz

about a big event in August—as in

something not to be missed. Word

must have spread about how great

Broadway’s Kick-Off Sunday will be

on Sunday, August 20!

There will be a lot of bright and

sunny faces greeting everyone on

Kick-Off Sunday, August 20! As

always, the beginning of the school

year creates its own energy, and the beginning of a new

Sunday School year is just the same. August 20 will be

our “Move Up Sunday,” where children and youth will

move up one grade level for classes. See page three for

more information about special Pathways events August

12 and 13.

During our 9:00 and 11:15 a.m. worship services,

there will be a special time for the Blessing of the

Backpacks. This blessing is for all students—preschool,

elementary, middle, high school, college—and if you

have a backpack for your Osher class—come on up!

Bring your backpack and Pastor Nick will bless the group

collectively, but give each student a special blessing to

carry with them in a backpack pocket!

Speaking of sunshine and un-cloudy days, the Youth

Car Wash is the first official fundraiser for the 2018

Youth Mission Trip. The Car Wash gets started at 11:00

(after the Christian Ed hour) and continues until 3:00

p.m. If you would like to help our youth raise funds for

mission activities and get a clean car at the same time,

just see Nick or Taby on August 20.

Times can be arranged to

accommodate your worship schedule.

If you would like to drop your car

off around 2:00 p.m. or so, you would

be just in time to get your ice cream

ready for the annual Ice Cream Social

at 3:00 p.m. Homemade ice creams

are needed to share with Broadway

friends (remember the Guinness

chocolate?), and Connections Ministry volunteers will

have plenty of cookies, brownies, toppings and store-

bought ice cream too! The Ice Cream Social is a free

event!

While we are all enjoying our ice cream, Nick and

members of the 2017 Youth Mission Team will share

photos and their experiences with us, beginning at 3:30

p.m. Join us and see how our youth’s week of service

shared the Light of Christ with others.

See you for a very busy Sunday on August 20!

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Busy, Busy August

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Shining Though In the Path of Totality...

Our Kick-Off Sunday Will Not Be Eclipsed!

Where is the teaching of common

values lodged in our society? In the

past it would have been easy to

reply: the Church and Synagogue.

That may be true for a minority of our

citizens, but what about the rest?

Through families, public and private

education, the Boy and Girl Scouts,

service clubs with their values statements, the

Constitution of the United States, literature and

philosophers of the ages, cinema, random bits a

pieces found in social media? Where are values

lodged and how are they taught?

It seems to me that we are facing an urgent if not

entirely new challenge and that is an emerging public

bereft of a basic moral operating system. The great

world religions continue to teach systems of morals

and ethics based on their understanding of the divine

and human community. But that does not seem to

translate to the arenas of government, education, or

business that often sink to the lowest levels of human

greed and corruption. My cynical side tells me that all

the present emphasis on “ethics” departments and

policies in all the above named entities exist because

of an absence; people who really have no clue about

what is and is not virtuous, what does and does not

violate my neighbor and why that matters. We require

a class or in-service training on ethics because there

is no moral compass to begin with. And do you really

teach such matters as a content area?

Just look at the deplorable ideas, words

and actions of leaders who are supposed

to provide examples of citizenship but

reinforce the worst inclinations of the

public. Just look at the ways that unbridled

greed in the private sector gives little

thought to the broad damage they visit on

the masses. Just look at the calloused and

selfish explanations of supposedly religious people.

All of this presents the case, the urgent case, for

not assuming that moral formation (much less spiritual

formation) is happening in any degree in the larger

culture. What to do? We must be diligent in insisting

that such formation is our responsibility and if we do

not do it then it will not be done. That means our

families, our church, our school, our community, an

electoral process that chooses candidates who

evidence moral rectitude.

This is not a challenge remedied with some

overnight fix. This is an ongoing challenge that will

require long-standing work. It is not easy to overcome

hatred, greed, envy, pride, vain glory and all of the

other deadly sins. But that is what we are talking

about or should be talking about. We have to get a

handle on this. Or else it will be very difficult to sing

America the Beautiful and mean it. And we are meant

to mean it.

ON BROADWAY... ...with Pastor Tim Carson

Rocheport Bluegrass

August 5 at 5:00 p.m.

Harp & Healing

September 5 at 5:30 p.m.

Our children just keep

growing, so there is no

“pause” button for

Children’s Ministries!

Following another creative

and fun Vacation Bible

School—plans are well

underway for a busy fall

schedule for Pathways

and Worship and Wonder

classes!

KinderPath on Saturday,

August 12

On Saturday, August 12, Broadway’s new

kindergarteners are invited to KinderPath. This 90-

minute orientation to our Pathways Christian Education

for elementary-aged children, will give our youngest

Pathways students a peak at the big, new world of the

Christian Life Center! Children and parents can visit

the classrooms, and Miss Aimee will be on hand to

explain the new Sunday morning routine for our

newest “big kids!”

Kindergarten Bible Presentation on August 13

To make their “big kid” status official, Broadway’s

kindergarteners will receive a new age-appropriate

Bible during worship on Sunday, August 13. If you

have not received a note from Miss Aimee regarding

your kindergartener, please contact her at 445.5312.

Pathways Open House on August 13

For parents and Pathways kids, or for anyone who

has yet to venture into the Christian Life Center during

the Christian Education hour, our Pathways classes

will have an Open House/Family Day on Sunday,

August 13. For Pathways kids, it will be a fun morning

of activities and visiting

with friends. For

parents, it will be an

opportunity to learn

more about how our

rotational model worship

curriculum works and is

structured. For

members who don’t

have a Pathways

student, it is a chance to

see Pathways in action

and visit the amazing classrooms that create their own

energy and atmosphere!

Blessing of the Backpacks on August 20

On Kick Off Sunday, August 20, all of Broadway

children and youth are encouraged to bring their

backpacks and school bags to church for a special

blessing. All students will be invited to come forward

for a special Moment for Young Disciples with Pastor

Nick.

Move Up Sunday

Just as they will do at the beginning of an

academic year, Broadway’s children and youth will

move up one grade level on Sunday, August 20. For

those who are moving from the Preschool wing to the

CLC, these new kindergarteners will have had two

opportunities to become familiar with the CLC and the

Pathways schedule. For those who will be moving

from the CLC to The Loft, our new sixth graders have

spent their summer there—learning more about our

Eight Keys of Discipleship!

PAGE 3 THE SECOND FRONT

Ready...Set...Go—To Learn, Serve and Grow

Pathways Gets Ready for A Busy and Faith-Filled Fall

We already know that Broadway's CareLink ministry is

made up of volunteers who provide loving care for our

church family. Our six services are: Card writing, flower

ministry, prayer shawl ministry, handy helpers, care center

visits and bereavement meals. We are soon adding calls

of concern and a casserole ministry.

But did you know that many of us are providing this

same ministry of love and caring informally from our own

homes? Every time you write a get-well card or make a

check-in call or take soup to someone who is ill or visit

them, YOU ARE A CARELINK VOLUNTEER! This loving

care has been going on for years. So, if you would ever

like to include what you do each month in the CareLink

reports, just email Patsy at daltonsinc@aol.com or call 356

-6036. We would love to include you by the 27th of every

month. It's amazing how many contacts we all make as

church family caring for church family.

CareLink welcomes the Spirited Singers--We're on the

Same Team!

Just a Thought

♥ We sure

could use

more card

writers right

now.

Volunteer by

calling Carole

Braun at 446-

4369.

♥ *At your

request,

Handy Helpers are

ready to come to your home and fix things, haul

things, improve things, change things. Don't be shy,

just call John Poehlmann at 234-1950 to schedule.

♥ We have plenty of prayer shawls and we would love to

deliver them to anyone who would like a handmade

touch of love. Just call Susan Burns at 875-5141 to

make it happen.

BROADWAY MINISTRIES PAGE 4

July Report

♥ Services provided: 201

♥ People served: 344

♥ Calls/emails: 168

♥ Volunteers serving: 2

These numbers do not include

the ongoing, regular visits and

pastoral calls.

Church Family Helping Church Family

You May Already Be A Part of the Team!

We all know about the Spirited Singers and their visits to care

centers and other locations throughout Columbia. These

volunteers in our church family spend hours rehearsing music that

fits the season and the mood of those who hear them. Then they

schedule and conduct singing performances to bring joy and light

to those who cannot get out and around.

Their schedule since March included 17 locations and dates.

So, it just made sense to work together. Each month, Marilyn

McCreary, Spirited Singers leader, will provide numbers of people

who volunteer and people who attend their concerts. What a joy to be part of the same team.

A Broadway Ministry Is at Home With

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C A L E N D A R According to our

Chamber of Commerce,

Columbia’s population may

double in size somewhere

around August 21. But you

don’t have to maneuver

through the eclipse tourists

for ice cream—you can

come to your church for a

well-timed Ice Cream Social

on August 20!

The Ice Cream Social is

a long-standing Broadway

fellowship tradition—and

really, was not planned to

coincide with the eclipse! The fun will begin at 3:00 p.m. in

Fellowship Hall. There will home-made ice cream creations to

sample, as well as plenty of store-bought ice cream, toppings and

whipped cream! The Ice Cream Social is a free fellowship

gathering provided by our Connections Ministry!

Speaking of home-made ice cream, the Ice Cream Social

needs your donation to make our event special! If you can bring a

home-made ice cream, please contact Marilyn McCreary at 268-

4876 Or Nancy Miller at 698-4392.

As soon as everyone has made their way through the ice

cream offerings, Pastor Nick and the Youth Mission Team will

share their experiences from their most recent mission trip!

Saturday, August 5

5:00 p.m. Rocheport Bluegrass

Thursday, August 10

6:00 p.m. Ensemble rehearsal

Saturday, August 12

10:00 a.m. KinderPath orientation

Sunday, August 13

Kindergarten Bible presentations

Thursday, August 17

6:00 p.m. Ensemble rehearsal

7:00 p.m. Odds ‘N Ends craft group

Sunday, August 20

Blessing of the Backpacks

Move Up Sunday for children & youth

11:00 a.m. Youth Car Wash

3:00 p.m. Ice Cream Social

3:30 p.m. Youth Mission Team recap

Monday, August 21

7:00 p.m. Service/Mission & Outreach

meeting

Tuesday, August 22

7:00 p.m. Board Meeting

Wednesday, August 23

Wednesday Night Live resumes!

6:00 p.m. Youth Meal

6:30 p.m. Youth Group

Saturday, September 2

5:00 p.m. Rocheport Bluegrass

Monday, September 4

Church Office Closed

Ice Cream Social Tops Off

One Sweet Sunday!

BROADWAY MINISTRIES PAGE 6

Step Up to Fight Hunger at September CROP Walk

Hunger is a global problem that

requires a global vision.

Church World Services (CWS).

provides vision, initiative and

funding for small and large

scale solutions to hunger and

water issues in the developing

world—and in communities just

like Columbia, Missouri.

The CROP Hunger Walk

has long been a source of

funding for the important work

of CWS. The Columbia CROP

Walk steps off on September 17 at Stephens Lake Park,

provides funds for global mission—and much-needed

support for local food pantries, soup kitchens and our

recent VBS partner, Columbia Center for Urban

Agriculture.

You can help reach out locally and globally by

participating in the CROP Hunger Walk, or by supporting

the Broadway Team. Again this year, Broadway’s youth

will make the Walk

one of their first

service projects of

the year. And

again this year, we

will engage in a

little friendly

competition with

Olivet Christian

Church and First

Christian Church

to see which youth

group can raise

the most funds for CROP—all in an effort to increase

giving!

Look for the CROP Hunger Walk registration table

just outside the Narthex doors, beginning on August 20.

Don Harter will lead Broadway’s effort to increase our

walkers and our giving. Visit the table to learn how you

can “Walk on the Web” for CROP!

The Work of Our Hands Table will debut on

September 10 in Fellowship Hall. Work of Our Hands

offers donated, hand-crafted treasures, baked goods,

plants and flowers, fresh produce and more, for sale each

Sunday through mid-October. All of the funds raised from

Work of Our Hands are used to purchase supplies for

Festival of Sharing school and dental kits.

If you are a crafter, have a green thumb or love to

bake, please consider donating items to the Table.

Contact Debby in the church office at 445.5312 if you

would like more information.

Donate Your Creations

To Work of Our Hands Table

During on September 10 worship, we will have a

simple ceremony of Co-Mingling of Waters. Bring the

waters that you have collected on your journeys during

the past year to the chancel and share the story of your

travels. You may then combine your waters with other

Broadway members.

If you have a trip planned in the next few weeks, don’t

forget to bring home a small bottle of the water from your

travels—and the story to go along with it!

Did A River Run Through Your

Travels In the Past Year?

PAGE 7 BROADWAY MINISTRIES

For some, it was their first mission

trip. For others, the July Steubenville trip

was the sixth and final mission trip as a

Broadway youth participant. For all, it

was a week of hard work done with a

servant’s heart and sharing experiences

that will connect each member to another

forever.

Youth Mission Team Serves With Grace and Love

BROADWAY MINISTRIES PAGE 8

Our recent Shake It Up Vacation Bible School

took a favorite VBS curriculum and planted it in new

soil, growing into four days of exploring how God’s

earth produces what we need to sustain us! During

VBS week, our younger participants visited our own

Community Garden, learned the difference between

“dirt” and “soil.” played games, created a variety of

crafts and just had fun! Our older VBS kids had the

special treat of taking the Broadway bus (and

several cars) to the Columbia Center for Urban

Agriculture (CCUA) farm, and experienced first-hand

what is required to grow delicious food—and then

enjoyed the fruits (and vegetables) of their labors!

Our children and their families were able to raise

$1215.41 in offering, which was dedicated to the

CCUA and its programs. And, yes, Broadway

ministers and VBS staff fulfilled their pledge and ate

a few bugs!

Thank you to all of the volunteers who made VBS

come to life once again! Special thanks to Tory

Flaherty and Riley Kern for sharing their photos with

us!

Broadway’s VBS Was A Down to Earth Experience

Those of you who know our member

Rachel Griffin know that she has a very

large family! Many of her family members

attend the First Baptist Congregational

Church (FBCC) in Chicago, where Rachel’s

father was Senior Minister for more than 40

years.

The FBCC Choir makes a “road trip”

each summer, and Rachel invited them to

visit Broadway several years ago. Last

week, the Choir made that long-awaited

trip, and we are so glad that they did! More

than 50 strong, and accompanied by

Rachel’s brother, Arthur, on the pipe organ

and piano—the Choir blessed us in so many

ways during their visit. Thank you Rachel—

and thank you, Choir!

PAGE 9 BROADWAY MINISTRIES

A Weekend of Music and Fellowship...

Chicago’s First Baptist Congregational Choir Visits Broadway

Sign Up for Small Groups and Classes This Month!

Broadway is a large church

with three distinctive worship

services. So it is entirely possible

that the person you think is a

visitor at 9:00 worship, has been

a member for five years—but

attends our 11:15 worship!

To bridge those divides of

time and space, consider joining

a small group or an adult Sunday morning class during

the 10:10 a.m. hour. Our relational groups and

classes are a perfect melting pot of members from all

services, who find new friends. Our Sunday morning

classes combine folks from Daybreak (who have

breakfast at Hy-Vee and return for Sunday School);

Traditional Worship and

Contemporary Worship

(who meet the Daybreakers

at Hy-Vee and then come

to church!).

A special insert will be in

your worship bulletin on

Sunday, August 20, listing

all of our available small

groups, book studies and Sunday morning adult

classes. If you don’t find a class or group that fits your

schedule, consider starting a new group! Contact

Ingrid at 445.5312 for information on the start-up

process.

BROADWAY FAMILY NEWS & BIRTHDAYS PAGE 10

Continuing RecoveryContinuing RecoveryContinuing Recovery………

... Margaret Berends, Larry Bernard, David Dalton, Paul

Meyer, Charlie Murphy, Delta Murphy, Spencer

Rainwater.

Our Thoughts and Prayers…Our Thoughts and Prayers…Our Thoughts and Prayers…

... To Hugh Roach and family, on the passing of wife

and long-time Broadway member, Carita Roach on

July 29. Visitation will be held this Saturday, August

5, from 1:00-2:00 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral

Home. A funeral service will follow the visitation at

2:00 p.m. at Memorial.

... To Tricia, Doug and Mike Crews and their families, on

the passing of Tricia’s brother.

Celebrating New Life...

... Congratulations to George and Shelly Fletcher, who

welcomed their first grandchild, William Bailey Kerby

IV, on July 23. Baby William’s equally proud parents

are Will and Mallorie (Fletcher) Kerby.

Celebrating August Birthdays...

8/6 Mike Crews,

8/7 Joanna Beste, Sara Miller, Jean Morrow, Lynelle

Phillips, Shirley Williams

8/8 Brian Butt, Kevan Whitsitt

8/9 Robin Jones, Maggie Meade, Celia Quetsch, Judi

Schoonover, Jack Sulltrop, Barb Wyss

8/10 Sandy Kinkead

8/11 Paula Hudspeth, John Humlicek, John Huntley,

Ellie Zaner

8/12 Toni Keel

8/13 Linda Aulgur, Lindsey Naugle, Betty Volkart

8/14 John Fischer, Ellen Flottman, Terrell Stamps,

Linda Wycoff

8/15 Adam Willard

8/16 Sam Brotherton

8/18 Aaron Sapp, Nancy Welty

8/19 Terry Matheny, Jim Stallman

8/20 Isabelle Hassinger, Karen Rawlings

8/21 Max Berends, Tory Flaherty, Dorthy Grimes, Jack

Miles, Norman White, Jr.

8/22 Jessie Becker, Landon Crews, Mary Helen

Horton

8/23 Jenny McGee, Carly Toler, Harrison Wright

8/24 Brent Ghan, Emily Roark, Patsy Wehrend

8/25 Robert Evans, Cheri Ghan, Dave Sleper

8/26 Kay Fischer, Shelly Forbis

8/28 Rhonda Sly, Tom Spurling, Ed Stansberry, Ed

Varnum, Rick Wesley, Pamela White

8/29 Helen Black, Vicki Conn, Leo Manson

8/30 Mary Cunningham, Tahna Long, Jan Moore

8/31 Tom Brintnall, Bob Eichenberger, Joe O’Bannon

Celebrating September Birthdays

9/1 Cathy Griggs

9/2 Mary Humlicek, Debbie Rawlings, Terri Tatum,

Violet Willard

9/5 Ruth Akerson

9/7 Jan Holden, Emily Neidenberger, Sam Wright,

Mary Yerington

9/8 Linda Askren, Logan Howard

9/9 Cindy Garrett, Rick McGuire

Broadway

Wednesday, August 23 at 11:30 a.m.

Join us for the Ladies Luncheon at D Rowe’s!

Please rsvp to the church office at

445.5312 by Monday, Aug.21!

PAGE 11 BROADWAY NUMBERS

One Worship

One Body

One Broadway

Unity Service

September 10

10:30 a.m.

BROADWAY FINANCIALS AS OF JULY 31, 2017

REVENUES Total

Budgeted Received Percentage Last Year's Numbers Percentage

OFFERING 2017-2018 At This Time

Pledged Giving $769,410.00 $62,257.00 8.09% $54,785.00 7.44%

Unpledged Giving $94,021.74 $4,975.00 5.29% $6,913.85 8.31%

Loose Offering $10,841.00 $1,070.86 9.88% $774.62 8.42%

Sunday School $0.00 $13.50

Interest Income $0.00 $15.05 $9.48

TOTAL $874,272.74 $68,331.41 7.82% $62,482.95 7.54%

CURRENT YEAR ACTIVITY: $7,790.32

EXPENSES Total

Budgeted Expended Percentage Last Year's Numbers Percentage

2017-2018 At This Time

Staff Payroll $563,299.62 $47,625.60 8.45% $46,909.32 8.77%

Administration $51,300.00 $4,770.64 9.30% $2,589.34 5.28%

Children & Youth $14,325.00 -$2,565.79 -17.91% -$1,878.85 -19.78%

Connections $1,500.00 $54.26 3.62% $72.55 4.84%

Discipleship $800.00 $36.31 4.54% $396.75 49.59%

Property $137,111.00 $8,376.52 6.11% $11,308.70 8.25%

Service (MOM) $87,473.00 $1,137.68 1.30% $129.68 0.16%

Stewardship $700.00 $0.00 0.00% $0.00 0.00%

Worship $18,219.12 $1,105.87 6.07% $548.70 4.46%

TOTAL $874,727.74 $60,541.09 6.92% $60,076.19 7.25%

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Sunday Sermons and Scriptures August 6 Genesis 32: 22-31 Wrestling Match August 13 Genesis 37: 1-4; 12-28 Dysfunctional Family August 20 Genesis 45: 1-15 Monuments of Grace August 30 Matthew 16: 13-20 Manifesto September 3 Romans 12: 9-21 Summing It Up

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